THIS OPINION WAS NOT WRITTEN FOR PUBLICATION The opinion in support of the decision being entered today (1) was not written for publication in a law journal and (2) is not binding precedent of the Board. Paper No. 42 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE ____________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES ____________ Ex parte KAZUO SAWADA et al. ____________ Appeal No. 98-2457 Application No. 08/851,3121 ____________ ON BRIEF ____________ Before ABRAMS, FRANKFORT, and NASE, Administrative Patent Judges. FRANKFORT, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL 1Application for patent filed May 5, 1997. According to Appellants, this application is a continuation of Application No. 08/451,034, filed May 25, 1995, now abandoned; which is a continuation of Application No. 08/364,006, filed December 27, 1994, now abandoned; which is a continuation of Application No. 07/979,449, filed November 20, 1992, now abandoned; which is a continuation of Application No. 07/579,666, filed September 7, 1990, now abandoned; which is a division of Application No. 07/152,713, filed February 5, 1988, now abandoned.Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007